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IranInternational support for tough action over Iran's nuclear programme has fallen, a BBC poll finds.
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United StatesUS research links health problems suffered by Gulf War veterans to exposure to a particular group of chemicals.
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KenyaKenya's army starts a major operation against an ethnic militia using heavy artillery and helicopter gunships.
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United StatesBarack Obama dismisses the idea of becoming Hillary Clinton's running mate in the US presidential election.
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ChinaHigh food prices drove Chinese consumer inflation to an 11-year high of 8.7% in February, figures show.
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ChinaHigh food prices drove Chinese consumer inflation to an 11-year high of 8.7% in February, figures show.
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Iraq, United StatesA bombing in the Iraqi province of Diyala kills three US soldiers and their interpreter, the US military says.
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United StatesThe US shuttle Endeavour lifts off, carrying astronauts and equipment to the International Space Station.
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ThailandA Thai court denies bail to suspected international arms dealer Viktor Bout over fears he could leave the country.
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Israel, United StatesThe US secretary of state holds talks with her Israeli counterpart, amid fresh moves to advance Mid-East peace.
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PakistanAustralia call off their tour of Pakistan until further notice because of security fears.
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CroatiaThree Croatian ex-generals go on trial at the UN war crimes tribunal in one of its most high-profile cases.
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IsraelIsraeli police hold onto the body of seminary gunman Ala Abu Dhaim to stop his funeral turning political.
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ComorosTroops from four African states are to try to take control of a Comoros island from a renegade leader.
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Colombia, 
EcuadorAn international team visits the site of a Colombian raid inside Ecuador that sparked a diplomatic crisis.
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BrazilLandless farm workers stage a daylong blockade of a railway line used by Brazil's biggest mining company.
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South AfricaThe leader of South Africa's ruling party tries to stop documents gathered in raids being used in his graft trial.
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India, ChinaTibetan refugees in India say they are defying a ban against them marching in protest over Chinese policy.
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MalaysiaThe Malaysian state of Penang says it will no longer follow a government policy favouring ethnic Malays.
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Sri LankaA group of former Tamil Tiger rebels wins the first elections to be held in eastern Sri Lanka for more than 10 years.
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi activists post video of a woman at the wheel of her car, in protest at the ban on female drivers.
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AustraliaA hostel in Australia could face legal action after allegedly refusing entry to a group of Aborigines.
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IraqA roadside bomb kills at least 16 people and injures 22 as they travel on a bus in southern Iraq, reports say.
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PakistanAt least 24 people die in two bomb attacks - one at a key police building - in Pakistan's city of Lahore, officials say.
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United KingdomThe UK is to receive about £120m from the EU to help pay for damage caused by floods last summer.
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India, United KingdomDimitri Mascarenhas becomes the first England player to join the Indian Premier League and signs a new two-year deal with Hampshire.
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AfghanistanShops and factories in the Afghan province of Herat join a doctors' strike to demand better security.
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United StatesAt least one in four teenage girls in the US has a sexually transmitted disease, a study finds.
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ZimbabweAfrican observers have been arriving in Zimbabwe's capital ahead of elections later this month.
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BelgiumBelgium's government and banks agree to pay $170m to survivors of the Holocaust and the Jewish community.
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Georgia, 
RussiaAbkhazia and South Ossetia are likely to secede if Nato seeks closer ties with Georgia, a Russian official says.
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KenyaKenyan MPs seek to speed up the passing of legislation aimed at ending the unrest that followed disputed elections.
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Netherlands, IranAn Iranian homosexual who says he will be executed if deported from the Netherlands loses his asylum claim.
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SomaliaMourners in Somalia's capital attend the funeral of a preacher well known for his sermons against violence.
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Ireland, 
PortugalIrish PM Bertie Ahern has told parliament the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty will be held in the second week of June.
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Nigeria, 
NigerNigeria's army says it has found a private pipeline supplying oil to a militant's home in the Niger Delta.
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Jordan, 
FranceA Jordanian court sentences a French national of Palestinian origin to three months in jail for slandering King Abdullah.
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United KingdomThe US Federal Reserve and other central banks announce further steps to tackle financial market woes.
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United States, ChinaChina is removed from a US list of the world's worst human rights violators in an annual state department report.
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